Deaths may be registered in any Registrar Of Births and Deaths office.

See contact details below to find the office closest to you.

As from 5 December 2005, you can now register at the office that is most convenient for you or nearest to your home/work/business address.

The Civil Registration Act 2004 places a duty firstly on a relative of the deceased (whether by blood or by marriage) who has knowledge of the required particulars in relation to the death and who is not incapable of complying with these procedures by reason of ill-health to register the deceased's details within 3 months of the death. The relative does not have to be the next-of-kin (for example, a widow may ask another family member to register the details).

If no such relative exists or can be found any other "qualified informant" has a duty to register the death.

Please contact the Registrar for details.

Where a qualified informant (other than a relative) knows that no relative of the deceased exists who is capable of registering the death, he or she must register the death as soon as possible after the Death Notification Form is in their possession.

Where, within 3 months of the death, such a qualified informant knows of the whereabouts of a relative capable of registering the death, the form must be given to that relative, who must then register the death. A death that has not been registered within 3 months of the event may be registered by any qualified informant.

Completed Death Notification Forms must be brought to any Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

In order to complete the registration process, the Registrar must enter the details in the Register of Deaths, confirm the details entered with the qualified informant and get the qualified informant to sign the Register.

Immediately upon completion of the registration process, a death certificate can issue.

If the deceased was not seen by a doctor prior to the terminal illness or if s/he died as a result of an accident or in violent or unexplained circumstances the death must be referred to the Coroner, in which case the death will be registered on foot of a certificate issued by the Coroner to the Registrar containing all the details to be registered.